The war which broke out in 1991/92 in former Yugoslavia, and the consequences of that war, have resulted in the necessity to reorientate the academic disciplines of "South-Slavic studies", “Yugoslavian studies" and "Serbo-Croatian studies". This can be seen in the numerous historical discussions of these academic terms, and the related demands on these disciplines, which focus on certain cultural and linguistic areas, from which they draw their authority, role, and purpose. The fact that the term Yugoslavian studies did not start to be disputed after the war, but was already used in a differentiated way, points to the conclusion that these discussions are not new to the last 15 years. A short review on this problematic will be attempted here.